This case is about slaves or slavery.
| Year: | 1814 |
| Citation: | 3 H. & J. 493 |
| Jurisdiction: | Maryland |
| People: | Presly, Esther |
| Short Summary: | Petitioner carried into DC by master before being brought back to Maryland and his master dying. Disputing the admissiblity of testimony regarding another party's purhcase of the slave's mother from the master and selling her elsewhere. Petition denied. |
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| Full name: | Sprigg vs. Negro Presly |
| Court: | Court of Appeals of Maryland |